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RAILROAD RAIL JOINT,

No. 298,776. PatentedMay 20, 1884.

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RICHARD RARY, J R. OF YORK, PA., ASSIGNOR OF TWO-THIRDS TO ALFRED A.LONG, OF SAME PLACE, AND SAMUEL A. SHROFF, OF COLUMBIA, PA.

RAILROAD-RAIL JOINT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 298,776, dated May 20,1884.

Application filed November 22, 1883. (No model.)

To coZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, Brennan BABY, J r., of the borough of York, in thecounty of York and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Railroad- Rail Joints; and I do hereby declarethe following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of thisIO specification, and to the figures and letters of reference markedthereon.

My invention has for its object to provide an improved rail-joint,consisting of certain details of construction, which I will first de- I5 scribe, and then point out particularly in the claim at the end ofthis specification.

' Referring to the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents aperspective view of two rails united by my improved joint-fastening;

Fig. 2, a similar view of the joint-fastening detached; Fig. 3,across-sectional view showing the position of the fastening before therails are inserted. Fig. 4 is a similar view with the rails entered andin place.

Similar letters of reference in the several figures denote the sameparts.

The letters Aand B represent the two rails to be united.

My improved fastening is composed of two parts, O 0, each consisting,preferably, of a single piece of cast or wrought iron or steel, havingan elongated flat portion or base, 0, and an upwardly and inwardlycurved part, 0, either with or without a straight flange, 0 The hinges DD, by which the two parts are united, are constructed so that the partsmay be joined or separated by simply sliding the parts longitudinally ofeach other, as will be readily understood, one part carrying the pintlesofthe hinges, and the other part the eyes or sockets thereof. To securethe rails together, the fastening is opened, as shown in Fig. 3, andlaid upon the ties or sleepers, and the ends of the rails brought downbetweenthe curved parts 0 and onto the raised central portion along theline of the hinges. The pressure of the rails on this raised centralportion causes the parts of the fastening to assume the position shownin Fig. ithat is to say, with the bases of the rails resting upon theflat base portions 0 of the fastening, and with the ends of the curvedparts cbearing firmly and tightly against the webs of the rails, as alsoshown in the last mentioned figure.

From the described construction and arrangement of the parts of thefastening it will be apparent that the greater the pressure applied uponthe ends of the rails the tighter will the plates 0 bind the'webs of therails and tend to hold the latter more firmly in position. Underordinary circumstances the grip of the fastening upon the rails will besufficient to hold it in place and prevent it from slippinglongitudinally on them; but to efifectually guard against anydisplacement, notches or recesses 0* 0 may be made in the base-pieces cto receive belts or spikes d cl, driven into the ties or sleepers, asshown in Fig. 1. As before stated, the flange 0 may be left off, ifdesired, and the ends of the parts 0 alone caused to bear against thewebs of the rails.

hen, for any purpose, it is desired to move one of the rails, it can beaccomplished by sliding one section of the fastening on the other tillthey are nnhinged, then removing one part or section, and finallyloosening the spikes of the rail and taking it from the other part orsection laterally.

My improved mode of fastening, while it causes the rails to be firmlygrasped and held in place upon the ties, does not prevent the necessaryexpansion and contraction of the rails under the influence of heat andcold. Inasmuch as the sections of the fastening extend from tie to tieunder the rails, the ends of the rails are firmly supported andprevented from vertical movement.

I am aware of the patents to I-Iendershott, No. 42,480, April 26, 1864,and Ruane, No. 173,180, February 8, 1876, and do not wish to beunderstood as claiming anything shown therein; but

What I do claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is

The two-part rail-fastening, consisting of the sections having thelateral and upwardlyprojecting parts and united by a hinge which permitsthe sections to be taken apart so as to remove one rail withoutdisturbing the other IOO rail, substantially as described.

RICHARD RABY, JR.

WVitnesses MELVILLE Gannon, SAML. A. SIIROFF.

